I never knew what to make of the whole cellphone-leads-to-health-issues thing. Even so, I’ve always used a wired headset because (1) my hearing isn’t the greatest, (2) my old cellphone used to get *very* hot when used for more than 20 minutes, and (3) I need to keep my hands free for drinking coffee, corraling children, and bestowing affection upon the spousal unit. :-)
What? You mean they didn’t use the typical shielded FCC approved mobile device? I’m shocked, shocked at this...
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The human race will become extinct because cell phones are worn around the whoopie areas.
“Radiation From Mobile Phones Changes Protein Expression In Living People, Study Suggests”
I am still trying to figure out that sentence. Why would dead people be using a cell phone?.
I know cell phone use by my daughter effects intelligent expression.
at some point down the road (years? decades?) the manufacturers are going to lose their grip on the publication/recognition (in the US, at any rate) of medical issues involved extensive use of cell phones, and they are going to be hounded like the tobacco companies by lawyers.
Let’s hope that good studies are done and well thought out science is performed that provide comparisons of the risk to other risks taken freely in our society.
I think it’s unlikely that cellphone makers thought there might be serious health issues with their product.
But I can’t help but think they never imagined a whole lot of people would keep them stuck to their heads for hours and hours every day.
I personally know of three people in my small town who have had brain tumors removed over the past few years. All of the tumors were located behind the right ear.
It’s time to PUNISH cell phone users for thier callous disregard for their health, much like smokers and obese people.
SIN TAX on all cell phones and calls made.
INCREASE HEALTH and LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
/S
Maybe if people didn’t have their cellphone glued to their head 24x7 it wouldn’t be an issue.
Just maybe.
Phones have expressions?
How about bluetooth ear pieces, much worse I am sure.
can "Secondhand Radiation" be far behind???"Statistical significance is a statement about conditional probability, nothing else. It does not guarantee that something important, or even meaningful, has been found." - Hays and Winkler, STATISTICS
Almost every "study" that you hear of hangs its hat on statistical significance without mentioning STRENGTH of correlation. That is, how strongly were the results correlated with the test variables? Often, the correlation is very weak, so that in many cases the individual results were in fact opposite to the affect being touted.
The quoted caveat is pointing out that the inferences are based on a hypothetical model, and the statistical significance test says that this model, which is governed by pure randomness, is unlikely to some high degree to produce the given result.
I refuse to own or use a cellphone, I firmly believe there is so much money involved that they will do anything to say they are safe.
cellphones to me are more dangerous than mis-handled guns, yes they have their usefulness but the users approach is just not hitting the mark yet.
“A more extensive study with 50-100 volunteers is now planned at STUK.”
I’m sure there will be. Especially if they all have to slip into a skimpy black negligee. (Well - at least the gals!).